With the Christmas holiday just a few days away, Jessica Alba did a little shopping in Los Angeles on Sunday (December 21). The “Fantastic Four” star looked lovely in a mid-length navy blue skirt with a white top and a knitted wrap as she carried her Louis Vuitton Love purse up the sidewalk.

And as she looks back on the year gone by, Jessica has plenty of personal and professional successes to celebrate.

Our favorite ladies love to raise temperatures and quicken pulses with their sexy swimwear, and we have a plethora of bikini-clad beauties that stood out from the crowd.

1. Bar Refaeli - Blowing off some steam, Bar Refaeli took some time off from her career to relax with her gal pals on the Spanish Island of Ibiza. However, she definitely didn’t slack in the ‘drop dead gorgeous’ department. The Israeli supermodel donned several skimpy ensembles that had beachgoers drooling all over the sand.

Celebrities love to show off their charitable side, and on Saturday night (November 8) a host of gorgeous gals converged on the 3rd Annual Baby2Baby Gala at the Book Bindery in Culver City, California.

Nicole Richie was breathtaking in a white ensemble as she paraded around the shindig with her handsome beau Joel Madden.